Rostila, Mikael
Mikael Rostila participates in the research project ‘Migrants’ health and the facets of ethnic segregation’ at CHESS. The project is financed by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
Positions
2008 – present Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Researcher.
2006 - Department of sociology Stockholm University (SU), Doctoral Candidate position.
2004 - Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant.
2003 - 2004 Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Research Assistant.
Jan 2003 - March 2003 Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Research Assistant.
March 2002 - Sept 2002 Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Research Assistant.
Visiting research positions
Feb 2006 - June 2006 Visiting scholar, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
Education
2008 PhD in Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
2003 MA in Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
2001 BA in Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Research
Mikael wrote his doctoral thesis on social capital and health. The aim of his present research is to study health differentials between natives and various migrant groups in Sweden and examine explanations for such health inequalities.
Publications
Rostila, M. (2004) ’Vart tog det goda arbetet vägen?’, Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv No 3, pp 173-186.
Rostila, M. (2006) ‘Social capital and Health in the Swedish Welfare State’, in Fritzell and Lundberg (eds.) Health Inequalities and Welfare Resources. Policy Press, Bristol.
Rostila, M. (2007) ‘Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes – a multilevel approach’, Journal of European Social Policy.
Rostila, M. (2008) ’The Swedish Labour Market in the 1990s: The Very Last of the Healthy Jobs?’, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
Rostila, M. (2008) ’Healthy Bridges. Studies of social capital, welfare, and health’, Health Equity studies No. 10 (Doctoral Dissertation), Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.
Rostila, M. (forthcoming) ’Birds of a Feather Flock Together – and Fall Ill? – Migrant homophily and health in Sweden’, Sociology of Health and Illness.
Presentations
Doctoral Seminar, Helsinki, presentation of "Vart tog det god arbetet vägen?"
The Swedish Sociological Association, Stockholm, presentation of Vart tog det goda arbetet vägen?.
ECSR summer conference, Trento, presentation of Social Capital and Health in the Swedish Welfare State.
CCWS/ESPAnet Young researchers conference, Alborg, presentation of Social Capital and Health in the Swedish Welfare State.
Doctoral Seminar, Copenhagen, presentation of Social Capital and Health in the Swedish Welfare State.
Doctoral Seminar, Stockholm, presentation of Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes.
Aage Sorensen Memorial Conference, Harvard-Oxford-Stockholm, Cambridge, presentation of Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes.
Re-theorizing Welfare States: Restructuring States, Restructuring Analysis (RC19 annual conference), Chicago, presentation of Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes.
Assessing ten years of sociological research (ECSR annual conference), presentation of Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes. (poster presentation).
Doctoral seminar at department of sociology of Harvard University, presentation of Social Capital and Health in European Welfare Regimes.
Invited seminar at Harvard School of Public Health, presentation of Income Inequality and Health in the Swedish Welfare State.
Social, cultural and economic determinants of health: International perspectives for global action, 1st conference of the journal Public Health, Lisbon, presentation of Income Inequality and Health in the Swedish Welfare State (poster presentation).
Invited seminar at Stockholm University Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies, SULCIS, presentation of Birds of a Feather Flock Together – and fall ill? Migrant homophily and health in Sweden.
The 1st IMS/CHESS workshop: Health and Society, Rio de Janeiro, 8-10 December, presentation of Birds of a Feather Flock Together – and fall ill? Migrant homophily and health in Sweden.
Invited seminar at Aging Research Center, ARC, Karolinska Institutet, presentation of Migrants’ social networks and health.
Refree assignments
Social Science and Medicine
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Journal of Happiness Studies
Grants and awards
2005 Travel grant, RC19 annual conference in Chicago, FAS (12 800 SEK)
2005 Visiting scholarship, department of sociology of Harvard University, FAS (70 500 SEK)
Membership in research projects
2003-2008 ‘Welfare states, welfare services, and welfare outcomes’, Swedish Council for Workinglife and Social Research (FAS)
2007-2011 ‘Social determinants of health – Sweden-Brazil comparisons’, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)
2009-2011 ‘Migrants health and the facets of ethnic segregation’, Swedish Research Council (VR)
Teaching experience
Undergraduate
2004 Teaching: Health and Society, tutoring of first term students writing term papers, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
2005 Teaching: Health and Society, tutoring of first term students writing term papers, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
2007/2008 Tutor to 3 bachelors theses
2007 Invited lecturer at the public health programme at Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University
Postgraduate
2005 Course assistant, multilevel models, Institute for Future Studies
2008 Lecturer and co-director at the masters course ‘Social stratification: Labour market, social policy and welfare states’ at CHESS, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet
Professional presidency and association memberships
2008 Representative for members of the unemployment fund for graduates in Sweden, AEA (elected by members of AEA)
2008-present Safety representative (substitute), Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University
2004-present Member of the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet)
2004-present Member of the Swedish Association of Behavioural Medicine
2004-present Member of Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19)
2005 Deputy member at the faculty board, Department of Sociology at Stockholm University
2005 Vice president and treasurer, the doctoral council at department of sociology at Stockholm University
Editor: Ylva Almquist
Source: CHESS
Updated: 06/14/07